The Fall of the TowersCome and enter Samuel Delany's tomorow, in this trilogy of high adventure, with acrobats and urchins, criminals and courtiers, fishermen and factory-workers, madmen and mind-readers, dwarves and ducheses, giants and geniuses, merchants and mathematicians, soldiers and scholars, pirates and poets, and a gallery of aliens who fly, crawl, burrow, or swim. |
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... smile was subtly humorous , more subtly regretful . " It was time for them to come . It's simple . " For Lug it was just a smile . They whispered among themselves , awed by the things that the tall ones knew ; and smiled back . " Come ...
... smile was subtly humorous , more subtly regretful . " It was time for them to come . It's simple . " For Lug it was just a smile . They whispered among themselves , awed by the things that the tall ones knew ; and smiled back . " Come ...
Page 59
... smiled rather wanly . Koshar hurried on . " I would like to present my daughter to you , for it's her party . Her name is Clea . " The old man turned to the bal- cony stairs , and the crowd's eyes turned with him . She was standing on ...
... smiled rather wanly . Koshar hurried on . " I would like to present my daughter to you , for it's her party . Her name is Clea . " The old man turned to the bal- cony stairs , and the crowd's eyes turned with him . She was standing on ...
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... smiled , and under it the direct gaze of Koshar wavered . " That's not a fair question , " Koshar said , " is it . I ... smile and half - smile leaping between them . " But why do you want to go away ? " Faces grave once more , they ...
... smiled , and under it the direct gaze of Koshar wavered . " That's not a fair question , " Koshar said , " is it . I ... smile and half - smile leaping between them . " But why do you want to go away ? " Faces grave once more , they ...
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